UX Design Apprentice - Cheadle, United Kingdom - Thales

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Location:
Cheadle, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales.

Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other.

In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us.

At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer.

We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space.

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times.

Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship - UX Design Apprentice


Location:
Cheadle (Manchester)

  • Are you looking for an employer who will sponsor you through your qualifications, whilst providing valuable and exciting onthejob experience within a global, innovative and industry leading organisation?_


This exciting UX Design Apprentice role will develop your skills in UX Research, Design and Testing by working on a wide range of real-world transportation products.

These products are essential to the efficient and safe operation of the railway and you will play an important part in their design and development.

You will be expected to work on all aspects of UX design from research, through the various stages of design, to user testing and product evaluation.


Key responsibilities:

  • To support the collection of user research data and design artefacts including personas and user journeys to ensure that all design and development activities start from a clear understand of the user and their needs.
  • To support the planning and undertaking of Design Sprints and Design Thinking workshops,
  • Develop low and highfidelity mockups, wireframes, clickable and visual prototypes and share these with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • To support usertesting activities, such as customer feedback sessions.
  • To support the development teams with ongoing improvements of current products through reducing system complexity and reviewing UI's against usability standards.
  • To support the UX Design Champion in the promotion of UX Design throughout the business.
  • To work with the GDP Design System team to ensure a process of continuous improvement in the design system based on user and product needs.

Degree Apprenticeship Programme:


Through our degree apprenticeship you'll be making the most of your talents, getting to understand UX Design methods and techniques from the ground up; and doing so with the help of one of the biggest and best names in the industry.


As a UX Design Apprentice you will be studying towards a BSc (Hons) Digital User Experience (UX) at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Apprentices will develop the fundamental skills for a successful career in user experience (UX) design and management.


The core curriculum combines workplace training with an academic programme that shows how to investigate, analyse and design online interactions.

It equips apprentices with the skills to deliver, improve and optimise digital products and services.

  • Year one
  • UX Origins and Applications
  • UX Methods
  • UX Human Contexts
  • UX System Contexts
  • UX Practices 1: Making
  • UX Practices 2: Communicating
  • Year two
  • Creativity through Research
  • Ethics, Rights and Research
  • Ethical Considerations in UX
  • UX Practices 3: Building, specialising in one of:
  • Code
  • Design
  • Storytelling
  • Sound
  • Year three
  • Psychology and Behaviour
  • Psychological Research Methods
  • UX in the Business
  • Conversion and UX
  • UX Toolkit
  • UX Toolkit
: Iteration

  • Year four
  • UX Futures
  • UX Futures
: Leadership

  • Final Project and Assessment


The apprenticeship will also help develop transferable skills in communication, presentation and team working, quickly building the confidence to work successfully with clients and colleagues.

This opportunity is available in Cheadle, Manchester.


Who we are looking for:

You will also need:

  • Minimum of 104 UCAS points at Alevel (grades BCC) or an equivalent (e.g. BTEC DMM)
  • GCSE Mathematics and English Language (grade A*C / 94) or equivalent
  • Right to Work in the UK for the duration of the 5year programme
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs.

With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields.

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